Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- La Verne
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1981
- College
- La Verne
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 206
- W
- 16
- L
- 20
- ERA
- 3.97
- IP
- 319.2
- K
- 170
- BB
- 147
- WHIP
- 1.51
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1982 | DET | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3.38 | 64.0 | 31 | 23 | 1.33 |
| 1983 |  DET/STL | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5.48 | 46.0 | 28 | 26 | 1.74 |
| 1984 | STL | 50 | 2 | 3 | 2.10 | 73.0 | 38 | 34 | 1.32 |
| 1985 | PHI | 39 | 3 | 2 | 4.31 | 79.1 | 41 | 40 | 1.55 |
| 1986 | PHI | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5.76 | 25.0 | 14 | 14 | 1.92 |
| 1988 | PIT | 31 | 0 | 2 | 4.76 | 28.1 | 16 | 9 | 1.69 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Dave Rucker's career stats?
Dave Rucker played 7 seasons for the Tigers, the Cardinals, the Phillies and the Pirates. He had 16 wins and 170 strikeouts with a 3.97 ERA over 319.2 innings. His best season was 1983: 6 wins, a 5.48 ERA and 28 strikeouts.
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